Date 11/01/2016 - News People
Sales of David Bowie's last album - released two days before his death of cancer - soared on Monday along with downloads of the greatest hits of his storied career. In the UK, the Official Charts Company said Bowie's "Blackstar" album already was headed to the top spot on the charts with sales of 43,000 since its release on Friday. ?Blackstar? was the top-selling album on Apple's iTunes U.S. and U.K. platforms on Monday morning. The 2002 ?Best of Bowie? compilation album was the second most popular on the U.S. site, outpacing Adele's blockbuster album ?25.?
